This timely text/reference explores the business and technical issues involved in the management of information systems in the era of big data and beyond. Topics and features: presents review questions and discussion topics in each chapter for classroom group work and individual research assignments; discusses the potential use of a variety of big data tools and techniques in a business environment, explaining how these can fit within an information systems strategy; reviews existing theories and practices in information systems, and explores their continued relevance in the era of big data; describes the key technologies involved in information systems in general and big data in particular, placing these technologies in an historic context; suggests areas for further research in this fast moving domain; equips readers with an understanding of the important aspects of a data scientist's job; provides hands-on experience to further assist in the understanding of the technologies involved.
| Author: Peter Lake |
| Publisher: Springer |
| Publication Date: Jan 23, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 293 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 3319135023 |
| ISBN-13: 9783319135021 |
